March 26, 11,958 CE

Organization ? Cutter Ship, the Parallax Nitak II, somewhere in interstellar space in the Raxus Sector of the Horsehead Nebula, close to the Tyrador System…

Captain K-L- or Lucy- breathed excitedly as she saw the mysterious derelict vessel float into view of the Parallax's cockpit. "There it is- our little mystery ship… our prize, I hope..."

"A beautiful sight," the ship's pilot, Gallico concurred.

"To be honest, it looks like a hunk of junk," co-pilot Michelangelo- or "Mike", as he was often called- derided. "No sense of aesthetic- nothing like our sweet ship here."

"That's because you haven't spent two years trying to look for it," Gallico scoffed at his co-pilot.

"Cut the chatter guys," Captain K-L warned. "I need you guys to be alert. Word is, this ship's been here for thousands of years, but we don't know if any traps or defenses might still be online, or if any hostile lifeforms or machines may have stayed active, or boarded it since.

"Oooh… maybe there will be those giant black aliens that bleed acid or something… and infect you with their progeny," Mike chuckled.

"You've been watching too many Old World films," K-L scoffed. "Besides, unlike Humans, bless their souls, we Androids are immune from such biological contagions…" She trailed off. "Anyway!"

"We're running in parallel course now," Gallico reported. "Extending boarding platform. Make sure you use the airlock properly. It's a bit inconvenient if you accidently vent our ship. We'll all have to resort to miming on our trip back… Sihanouk!"

"Hey, how was that my fault?!" The Android named Lieutenant Sihanouk poked his head into the cockpit. "I-"

"Enough!" K-L shouted. "Let's get this done with, okay? Sihanouk, you guard the airlock while my team is out there, capiche?"

"Yes, Captain."

"Good," K-L walked to the back of the ship, where her team of Templar Knights- Red Team- waited, and led them through the airlock. "Deploy drones!"

The Templars braced themselves as the drones began to cut through the door of the Rachni vessel, expecting anything from hostiles to the void of vacuum.

Instead there was nothing. No sign of life or operating machinery, yet there was air.

"Huh, I'm surprised they were able to keep this ship pressurized over the millennia," Lieutenant K-S commented, adjusting her grip on her energy spear.

"That's insectoid engineering for you," Agent K-C deduced. "If nothing else, they were meticulous and built resiliently."

"Don't let down your guard, Team," Captain K-L warned. "Let's let the drones do a little survey first."
The small Organization drones skimmed through the air, using a combination of sonar and pulsatile, short-wave radar to scan a basic layout of the ship, before retreating back to their handlers.

"Okay," K-L examined the data. "Sachi, Makoto, Mio- you go search the lower decks! Cynthia and I will search the upper decks."

"You got it, boss," Lieutenant K-S- or Sachi- acknowledged, giving an informal salute. "Stay safe, yeah?"

"I should say the same to you," K-L smirked. "The last time, you were killed in a trap."

"My team," K-S shook her head sadly. "Technically not my fault… and you were stabbed by a teammate."

"Yeah, well…" K-L looked away. "Okay, never mind. Just get it done, alright?"

With the team divided into two groups, they began cautiously sweeping the ship.

It didn't take long.

"Captain, this is Agent K-M! We have a suspicious contact- ! But- it's sealed up in something- some sort of machinery..."

"Careful Makoto, could be a trap!" Lieutenant K-S warned. "Stay back!"

"Have to agree with Sachi there," Agent K-M2 concurred. "Let's wait for the Captain."

"Alright, troops, hang in there, I'll be right there!" K-L declared, as she and Agent K-C dashed pell-mell down an irregular flight of stairs to the lower deck.

They found the other three Organization Templars gathered around a large machinery with dark, blurry translucent material.

"Is that… an incubator?" K-C raised an eyebrow. "Looks...nasty."

Gaping in awe, Captain K-L carefully approached it. "No control panel I can understand… but there's another way to do this."

She held up her hand, which glowed with yellow-white light. Simultaneously the machinery glowed as well, and shook. Then it opened slowly. The other Templars, aside from K-L, stepped back, and leveled their weapons nervously.

"No way…" K-S whispered.

"Those… are it…" K-C nodded. "Uglier than I'd expected."

Inside the Incubator, each covered by a metal cap with wires and tubes extending from it were… half a dozen eggs. Large, white eggs, each perhaps the size of a soccer ball.

K-L inclined her head. "Team… it looks like we've struck gold all right."

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Appendical Information

Characters:

-Agent K-C, or Cynthia- Red Team member, Templar Knight for Organization ?

-Agent K-M, or Makoto- Red Team member, Templar Knight for Organization ?

-Agent K-M2, or Mio- Red Team member, Templar Knight for Organization ?

-Captain K-L, or Lucy- Captain of Red Team, Templar Knight for Organization ?

-Lieutenant K-S, or Sachi- Red Team member, Templar Knight for Organization ?

-Michelangelo, or "Mike"- Specialized Android Agent of Organization ? , named after famed Florentine (Republic of Florence) sculptor and painter Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), who sculpted the statue David, and painted the scene of Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City (then Rome, Papal States)

-Sihanouk- Specialized Android Agent and Lieutenant of Organization ?, named after Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012), King of Cambodia (1941-1955, 1993-2004), Head of State (1960-1970), and President of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1976)

Ships:

-Last Cry- Rachni Ship discovered floating in the Raxus Sector of the Horsehead Nebula

-Parallax Nitak II- Cutter Ship operated by Organization ?